Question 1
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The right of a governmental body to take ownership of real estate for public benefit is called
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escheat
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eminent domain
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condemnation
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police power
Question 2
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A purchaser of real estate learned that the ownership rights will continue forever and that no other person claims to be the owner or has any ownership control over the property. this person owns a
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fee simple interest
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life estate
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determinable fee estate
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fee simple on condition
Question 3
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A person owned the fee simple title to a vacant lot adjacent to a hospital and was persuaded to make a gift of the lot. She wanted to have some control over its use, so her attorney prepared her deed to convey ownership of the lot to the hospital "so long as it is used for hospital purposes." After completion of the gift, the hospital will own a
Question 4
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Your neighbors use your driveway to reach a garage located on their property. Your attorney explains that ownership of the neighbors' real estate includes an easement appurtenant, giving them the right to do this. Your property is
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the dominant tenement
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a defeasible estate
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a leasehold interest
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the servient tenement
Question 5
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A license is an example of
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an appurtenant easement
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an encroachment
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a personal privilege
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a restriction
Question 6
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Which of the following is classified as a life estate?
Question 7
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If the owner of real estate does not take action against a trespasser before the statutory period has passed, the trespasser may acquire
Question 8
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Many states determine water use by allocating water to users who hold recorded beneficial use permits. This type of water use privilege is called
Question 9
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All of the following are powers of the government except
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condemnation
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police power
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eminent domain
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taxation
Question 10
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Property deeded to a school "for educational purposes only" conveys a
Question 11
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A neighbor has the legal right to pass over the land owned by his neighbor. This is
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an estate in land
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an easement
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police power
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an encroachment
Question 12
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A man conveys ownership of his residence to his daughter but reserves for himself a life estate in the residence. The interest the daughter owns during her father's lifetime is
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pur autre vie
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a future interest
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a current interest
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a leasehold
Question 13
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An owner has fenced his property. By mistake, the fence extends one foot over his lot line onto the property of a neighbor. The fence is an exampleof
Question 14
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A person has permission from a property owner to hike on the owner's property during the summer. The hiker has
Question 15
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Which is a characteristic of an appurtenant easement?
Question 16
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A tenant in an apartment holds
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an easement
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a license
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a freehold interest
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a leasehold interest
Question 17
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The acquisition of land through deposit of solid or sand washed up by water is called
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accretion
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avulsion
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erosion
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condemnation
Question 18
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The type of easement that is a right-of-way for a utility company's power lines is an
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easement of appurtenant
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easement in gross
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easement by necessity
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easement by prescription
Question 19
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A landowner has divided much of his land into smaller parcels and has recently sold a tract near a nature preserve that is landlocked and cannot be entered except through one of the other tracts. What type of easement will likely be granted to the buyer of that property by court action?
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Easement by necessity
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Easement by gross
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Easement by prescription
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Easement by condemnation
Question 20
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All of the following will terminate an easement except
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nonuse of a prescriptive easemetn
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adverse possession by the owner of the servient tenement
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abandonment of easement
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release of the right of easement to the dominant tenement